Tuesday, July 12, 2016

U.S. News: Investments in Nigeria Are Going Nowhere Anytime Soon

By SIMON CONSTABLE
While the media has been focused on the U.K.'s political theater of the absurd, elsewhere serious economic problems have been developing. 
A case in point is Nigeria, where the once booming economy has fallen on hard times and looks set to get even worse following events in late June. The country has both the largest population in Africa and the biggest economy on that continent, according to data from the World Bank. But those data points belie an economic malaise. Read more here.

Sunday, July 10, 2016

Seeking Alpha: Why You Want A Strong Dollar

By SIMON CONSTABLE

I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed by Brian Bain for his radio show. He sums it up here and you can listen to out discussion as well.

Read and listen here.

Friday, July 8, 2016

WSJ: The Big Interview with Nigel Lawson

By SIMON CONSTABLE

In which I meet, and then grill, Lord Nigel Lawson, one of my heroes.




Financial TimesCC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

WSJ: The Big Interview with Rand Paul

By SIMON CONSTABLE

In which I discuss matters with Sen.Rand Paul


Thursday, July 7, 2016

Forbes: "Pink Tax" Accusations Are Like Bikini's -- Short On Substance

by SIMON CONSTABLE

Some readers aren’t going to like this, but the so-called pink tax reflects economics not gender bias.
Sorry, but sometimes the truth is hard.
The idea of a pink tax is that products aimed at women are priced higher than similar ones aimed at men. The reaction by some has been a series of screeds attacking corporate America as the home of a bunch of evil misogynists.
Their arguments are often like skimpy clothing: Short on substance. Read more here.
Photo by Tobias ToMar Maier, 
CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, 
via Wikimedia Commons